I got excited as soon as I walked in. This was not an ordinary yoga class!
I lucked out because there were only 2 of us there last night, so I got tons of individual attention. At first I was a little nervous that my fabric would come untied, or that I'd fall off, but I quickly overcame that. We started with some traditional yoga moves, but with an aerial twist.
In the warrior series for example we had one foot supported in the fabric. It made it a little easier than traditional yoga because your legs weren't supporting all your weight, but also made it harder because it required more balance and made the stretch a lot deeper.
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We also did some really challenging strength work, like pushups with our legs elevated in the fabric and standing straight body extensions. Every pose takes a lot of core strength so my abs were fried by the end of class. My arms also felt way more tired than they do after a regular class.
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Once I mastered the basics it was on to the fun stuff. Like flying!
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And this super cool pose. I felt very Cirque du Soleil. We started by wrapping our legs in the fabric, then pulled up into a straddle, and then literally dropped down into this pose. Not only did it look bad ass, but it really stretched out my quads.
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At the end, even savasana had a twist. We made a little cacoon out of our fabrics and chilled inside. It was super comforting and relaxing to just be hanging in my own little bubble.
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What fun new things have you tried lately??
That looks like so much fun! I bet I would love that. Doing pushups with them totally reminds me of the TRX. LOL. Those are HARD!!!
ReplyDeleteI find it hard to do this one of kind of yoga, maybe I'll try the basics instead of this.
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